I saw this brilliant movie 'Firaaq' the other day. It is set one month after the ghastly Gujrat carnage in 2002. This theme sets it apart from the previous movies based on the same subject and makes for a riveting watch. Nandita Das (Debutant Director) without the aid of any graphicaly voilent scenes manages to keep the tone extremely tense; tensions, anger, vulnerability and fear of the protagonists - who represent a diverse demographic including poor muslim autorickshaw walah, a middle class gujju business man, an english speaking mixed religion couple - stirr your soul catapulating feelings of shame, guilt, anger, frustration and disgust. And the emotional atyachar continues long after the endcredits.
All you want to do after watching this movie is to fucking chop of the nuts of crazy hindutva fanatics who indulged in this pre-planned genocide. I just wanted to kill them! Once the infernal noises within me calmed down, I realised that I was reacting no differently than how these dogs reacted to Godhra massacre. And thats where I guess the problem lies, that voilent retribution ends up becoming a self fulfiling prophecy, as voilence justifies voilence! No, I am not condoning these riots; I dare not! All i am saying is that 'cause and effect' theory applies here, effect being the riots and it has been the case for over thousands of years now, because as I mentioned earlier voilence justifies voilence. Gujrat carnage is not governed by this theory, as there is evidence that it was not an instantaneous outburst of anger but a well planned state sponsored pogrom. For his indulgence in racial cleansing, Modi was rewarded a successive term in the chief minister's office by people of Gujrat...TBC
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"All you want to do after watching this movie is to fucking chop of the nuts of crazy hindutva fanatics who indulged in this pre-planned genocide. I just wanted to kill them! Once the infernal noises within me calmed down, I realised that I was reacting no differently than how these dogs reacted to Godhra massacre"
ReplyDeleteHow did all this start?Have you forgotten the bogie with charred karsevaks?
And then the riot ensued.I don't condone the events thereafter,but you need to know that some Indian muslims still believe that they are marginalized when they are not!! They lament with litany of complaints against this secular democracy,from babri to gujrat riots!!.Fact is Babri must not have been built in that site and they should consider another mosque at a different site.we know the vengeance the odd lot can carry from abroad like dawood.why do always Kamshmiri muslims have a problem of identity with india? they should realize other muslims in india have learnt to blend in,so should they by calling back the kashmiri pandits to the valley.Over all the indian muslim is peace loving and has so far not been implicated in any al qaeda plot which is commendable.And coming back to the point,your depiction of supporters of hindutva as fanatics is a sham,you should reckon that hindutva politics will not exist today if the muslim appeasement politics was not being followed by the pseudo secularists.